Android Mobile Phones

How to Mount System Directory on Android

2010-10-05T20:45:00.001+07:00

If you rooted your Android phone and can not install any zip update from there, you may get error message like this:...... install from sdcard .....Finding update package...Opening update package...Verifying update package...Installing update ...Copying files ....E:Cant mount /dev/st16(invalid argument)E:Cant Mount SYSTEM:E:Failure at line 2:copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:Installation aborted.You

Motorola Droid X Bricks Itself If You Try to Mod It

2010-07-16T06:36:00.001+07:00

The thing I love the most by using Android phones is its openess, freely modifiable. But, lately Download Squad reported that Motorola Droid X could brick itself if you try to modify it. A system called eFuse disables bootloader once it finds any modification to the bootloader itself, firmware, or Android kernel. So, it's not open source anymore, you might think. I don't know. I agree if

How to Improve GPS Lock Speed

2010-07-15T07:25:00.000+07:00

If you have experienced GPS lock problem in your android phone, it's probably because of the GPS setting on the phone is not optimized for connection in your country. Someone at samdroid has shared a tip about this: Create a gps.conf file containing these: NTP_SERVER=ru.pool.ntp.org XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin XTRA_SERVER_

Android Commander: A Powerful Desktop Suite for Android Phones

2010-07-12T06:45:00.001+07:00

A kind developer at xda-developer has launched Android Commander for Windows and Linux, a powerful desktop suite for you Android users. Basically, it manages files on Android phones, manages apk files, and running command in console just like ADB shell does. In addition, it flashes zip or rom image, reboots phone to home or recovery, signs zip and apk files, and many other functions. In order to

Installing Android SDK on Linux

2010-06-08T19:06:00.002+07:00

With the fast development pace of Android, now Android SDK's recent release is Android SDK release 6. If you are interested in Android development on Linux operating system, you can install the latest release of SDK which now also support Android 2.2 a.k.a. Froyo, the latest Android version in the market. Installing Android SDK on Linux is a little bit hassle. You first have to download SDK in

Google Released Android 2.2 Codename: Froyo

2010-05-23T22:09:00.000+07:00

After almost 2 years since first launch of the first Android-powered phone, Google now released an update to Android OS: Android 2.2 or also known as Froyo. The adoption of the OS in the phone market is amazingly going fast. Refering to Google report, every day there are more than 100,000 applications sold in the market. And there are now more than 180,000 active Android developers who have

ixMAT Barcode Scanner

2010-05-11T10:46:00.000+07:00

ixMAT barcode scanner from ixcellence GmbH Germany is an excellent barcode scanner/reader for Android mobile phones. In fact, it doesn't work only in Android phones, but also in every java-based ones, Symbians, Windows Mobiles, and Blackberries. This application works by scanning any EAN 13, EAN 8, UPC A,Code 39, Code 128 (normal and condensed), Data matrix code (2D-Code), and QR-Code (2D-Code).

Samsung I5700, My Android Gadget

2010-05-10T21:09:00.000+07:00

Well, my decision on choosing Samsung I5700 a.k.a. Galaxy Spica is because this Android phone is cheap and powered by 800MHz processor. Besides that, this phone firmware is easily upgradeable to Eclair 2.1 (its original firmware was Cupcake 1.5). Samsung Galaxy Spica I5700 Samsung Galaxy Spica supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and HSDPA 900/2100. Its TFT capacitive touchscreen is responsive and

How to Disable Data Connection on Android Phone

2010-05-06T07:26:00.002+07:00

I have an embarrasing experience using an Android phone for the first time. I set up the Internet connection with 3G/GPRS and the phone kept connecting and transmitting/receiving data until I ran out deposit on my prepaid GSM plan. I browsed through the phone setting there was nothing to set the data connection off. There is an undocumented instruction (at least, on my phone manual) to turn data

What is Android?

2010-05-02T11:33:00.000+07:00

Android Logo For a brief definition, Android is an operating system for mobile phones based on well-known Linux operating system. It is developed by Open Handset Alliance and getting its popularity since major mobile phone manufacturers adopt it on to their new phone production. HTC, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and Huawei are among those brands which already embeded Android OS on